hotmtlnovel Chapter 877 Catch Up
Chapter 877 Catch Up
"It was the young master's order to save you. If you want to thank someone, then thank the young master! I was just following orders." Jiang Xue shook her head. Although they had just shared hardships, to her, Jiang Xue was still a stranger.
"Your young master is the imperial envoy, right? I recognize his voice." Chen Yumian said, thinking about what happened during the day.
Jiang Xue pretended to close her eyes and rest. She didn't care about the affairs of the court, she just followed orders. She was trained to just follow orders and not to ask too many questions, because the more she talked, the more mistakes she made!
Jiang Youzhen went to the yard of this house. It was early morning and the yard was quiet. She moved closer to the window and could still hear the long breathing coming from the house.
Without disturbing them, Jiang Youzhen took out steamed buns and previously unused clothes from her storage space. For convenience, because she often disguised herself, she put a lot of worn-out clothes in the storage space just in case of emergency, and now all of them came in handy.
Jiang Youzhen took out a bag and put all the things in it. After a while, he returned the same way.
"Young Master!" Jiang Xue breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Jiang Youzhen coming back.
"Eat something first, change your clothes, and then we must return to the small courtyard in the southern suburbs before dawn."
She had made an appointment with Li Dongsheng before coming here to meet there.
"Thank you very much for saving my life, but my father..." Chen Yumian hurriedly thanked him.
"Don't worry! Your father has been rescued and is waiting for us in a small courtyard in the southern suburbs. As long as what you said is true, I will investigate it thoroughly and clear your name."
She took out the steamed buns and clothes, "Sorry! This family doesn't have a water bag, so we can only make do with what we eat and keep going."
"It's not easy to have these." Chen Yumian said quickly.
During this period of time, she had gone from being a daughter of an official family to being homeless, and had already adapted to the days of having no food to eat.
It doesn't matter if the food is bad, the most important thing is safety. She was always worried every day, but now she has someone to rely on, she feels much more relaxed.
After eating the steamed buns and changing their clothes, the three of them headed south.
In order not to stand out, Jiang Youzhen smeared a lot of black on her face and messed up her hair, covering half of her face. Even Chen Yumian could not see her appearance clearly.
The three of them were halfway through their journey when they saw an ox cart in front of them, and they were immediately overjoyed. Jiang Youzhen had consumed a lot of physical and internal energy before, and although he had the spiritual spring water to replenish it, he was still a little tired.
Jiang Xue was also injured, not only externally, but also internally, so it was very painful for her to walk. Although she had taken medicine, and Jiang Youzhen had mixed it with spiritual spring water, she still needed to rest, so her face was pale.
As for Chen Yumian, even though she had suffered a lot during this period, she was still a little exhausted from walking such a long distance. Therefore, when they saw the car, the three of them were overjoyed.
"Uncle! We are going to the South City. Can you give me a ride for a while? I'll give you six cents, okay?" Jiang Youzhen stepped forward and asked the old man driving the cart.
Judging from the direction the ox cart was heading, it should be heading to South City, but it was just giving them a ride on the way.
"Are you going into the city? Then come up! It's free." The wife said with pity as she looked at their clothes which were all patched up.
"Thank you, old man!" Jiang Youzhen quickly pulled the two girls up and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Which village are you three from? You look unfamiliar!" The old man asked about the three people's origins while driving the car.
He knew almost everyone in the two nearby villages, but he had never seen these three people. Two young men and a girl looked strange.
In order to avoid trouble, Jiang Xue also dressed up as a teenager.
"Oh! I came here to live with my relatives, but when I got here I found out that my relatives had moved away." Jiang Youzhen said afterwards.
"Ah? Which family are you looking for? I know the two nearby villages. Just tell me the name and maybe I will know where they moved to." The old man recalled carefully and it seemed that no one had moved away from the two nearby villages!
"I don't know his real name, he's my cousin, and his nickname is Dacheng." Jiang Youzhen made up a lie.
"Dacheng?" The old man frowned. Is there anyone in these two villages with the nickname Dacheng?
Jiang Youzhen was afraid that the old man would continue to ask questions, and suddenly he found that he could see the city gate in front of him, so he hurriedly said, "Uncle, we are here, thank you! We will get off here."
"We haven't arrived yet. There's still some way to go. It will take you a long time to walk there. Let me take you there!" said the old man.
"No need! My two sisters and I still have to think about what to do in the future. We may not go into the city. Thank you, old man! We will get off here."
The old man watched them get off the bus and then sit on the side of the road to rest, and couldn't help but sigh.
I guess he couldn't make ends meet at home, so he came to live with his relatives.
The old man continued to drive forward. He could see the city gate from here, but it was still a long way to the city gate. Suddenly he felt something hitting his buttocks, but when he picked it up, he found that it was two silver ingots weighing five taels.
He was shocked and looked back quickly, only to find that the three people who were originally sitting on the roadside had disappeared.
But the touch of the two silver ingots in his hands was so real. This was the first time he had seen a silver ingot. Ten taels of silver! He had never seen it in his life.
He held the silver ingot in his arms like a treasure with trembling hands. Just as he was about to rush to the city gate, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves behind him.
Suddenly a guard on horseback stopped him and said, "Old man, have you seen a man and two women, one of whom looks like this!"
The old man was shocked and looked at the portrait in the man's hand. He found that the portrait was of a young girl whose face looked somewhat familiar.
"I don't know him!" The old man shook his head.
"Can you see clearly?"
Seeing that the old man was still shaking his head, the man asked, "Have you seen a man and two women? As long as they are threesomes, please tell us. If you provide any information, there will be a huge reward!"
The man took out a piece of silver from his pocket and tossed it in his hand, but the old man still shook his head firmly: "Except for the two hurried pedestrians on the road, I didn't see anyone else."
"Hmph! Let's go!" The guard snorted coldly and rode away on his horse.
The three people hiding in the grove by the roadside immediately breathed a sigh of relief. If there wasn't a small earth slope here, this bare grove would not be able to hide their tracks at all.
"After the old man leaves, we will return along the same route, but we cannot take the official road." Jiang Youzhen ordered.
Li Dongsheng brought Chen Xudao to the small courtyard on the outskirts of South City for more than two hours. He waited for so long but didn't find any trace of Jiang Youzhen and the others, and he couldn't help but feel anxious!
"Brother, has something unexpected happened?" Chen Xudao was also very worried. He didn't rest at all. After Li Dongsheng gave him a simple bandage, even though he was very tired, he didn't dare to fall asleep.